Shipping industry agrees action on R&D investment and trade digitisation
As world leaders meet in Cornwall, England, for the G7, the first ever meeting of the equivalent maritime bodies, titled M7, took place on Wednesday this week, organised by the UK Chamber of Shipping.
Delegates from the shipowner associations of the G7, plus those from Australia, India, South Africa and South Korea, were joined by the Secretary General of the International Chamber of...
ECSA welcomes the communication on a new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the EU
The European Commission published yesterday its communication on a new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the EU. This communication highlights the important role of all the sectors related to oceans, including shipping, to boost the green and digital transition of the blue economy.
| ECSA welcomes the publication of the communication on a new approach for a sustainable blue economy... |
Parliamentary event on: “EU Ship Recycling Rules: carrot, stick or illusion?”
On May 5, MEP Jens Gieseke (Transport committee/EPP) and MEP Søren Gade (Chair of EP India Delegation/Renew) co-hosted an event organised by ECSA with industry representatives and NGOs on the EU Ship Recycling regulatory framework.
In his opening speech, Martin Dorsman, Secretary General of ECSA, pointed out that ECSA has launched an open and constructive dialogue with all the stakeholders highlighting the...
ETF and ECSA call for recognition of seafarers as key workers and an introduction of specific rights and entitlements
Wednesday, 21 April – Brussels – Governments, shipowners and seafarers groups are meeting this week in the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention to exchange information on the implementation of the MLC in the face of the challenges posed by the pandemic. On this occasion, ECSA and ETF have issued a Joint Statement on the recognition of seafarers as ‘key...
ECSA welcomes recognition of the shipping industry as a transitional sector in sustainable finance package
The European Commission adopted today a Sustainable Finance package with the aim of improving the flow of investments towards sustainable activities and hence using financial instruments to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. ECSA welcomes that the European shipping industry has been recognised under the Taxonomy as a transitional sector. However, ECSA emphasises that in...
| ECSA-ETF: EU shipping needs to attract and retain more women |
| The European social partners for Maritime Transport, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), continue to advocate the enhanced participation of women in European shipping. On International Women’s Day, they are launching a survey that will help them determine the... |
| EU shipowners welcome Parliament’s call for a comprehensive approach under FuelEU Maritime |
| The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted today the Delli Report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport. The Report calls on the Commission to address under the FuelEU Maritime initiative not only the carbon intensity of fuels but also the technical and operational measures which would improve the efficiency of ships and their operations. It also... |
EU shipowners call for fund coupled with targets for fuel suppliers to decarbonise shipping
| The European Commission should address fuel suppliers by introducing sub-targets to make low- and zero carbon fuels available for shipping and by increasing the multiplier for renewable fuels used in the maritime sector under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). A fuel standard as a requirement for ships instead of fuel suppliers under the FuelEU Maritime proposal would risk failing to... |
ECSA applauds UN resolution on seafarers as key workers and supports IMO call for priority vaccination
| On behalf of the whole European shipping industry, ECSA welcomes the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, calling for all countries to designate seafarers and other maritime workers as key workers, to implement relevant measures to allow stranded seafarers to be repatriated and others to join ships, and for the priority vaccination of seafarers. |
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EU’s 2030 climate target: ECSA publishes study on implications of EU ETS for shipping
With the European Commission announcing an increased climate target for 2030 and aiming to extend the EU’s Emission Trading System (EU ETS) to the shipping sector, ECSA is publishing its joint study with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) on the “Implications of application of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to international shipping, and potential benefits of alternative...